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Mina Harker’s Journal

           ButthefourmenraisedtheirWinchesterrifles,andinanunmistakablewaycommandedthemtostop. AtthesamemomentDr.VanHelsingandIrosebehindtherockandpointedourweaponsatthem. Seeingthattheyweresurroundedthementightenedtheirreinsanddrewup. Theleaderturnedtothemandgaveawordatwhicheverymanofthegypsypartydrewwhatweaponhecarried,knifeorpistol,andheldhimselfinreadinesstoattack. Issuewasjoinedinaninstant. 

           Theleader,withaquickmovementofhisrein,threwhishorseoutinfront,andpointedfirsttothesun,nowclosedownonthehilltops,andthentothecastle,saidsomethingwhichIdidnotunderstand. Foranswer,allfourmenofourpartythrewthemselvesfromtheirhorsesanddashedtowardsthecart. IshouldhavefeltterriblefearatseeingJonathaninsuchdanger,butthattheardorofbattlemusthavebeenuponmeaswellastherestofthem. Ifeltnofear,butonlyawild,surgingdesiretodosomething. Seeingthequickmovementofourparties,theleaderofthegypsiesgaveacommand. Hismeninstantlyformedroundthecartinasortofundisciplinedendeavour,eachoneshoulderingandpushingtheotherinhiseagernesstocarryouttheorder. 

           InthemidstofthisIcouldseethatJonathanononesideoftheringofmen,andQuinceyontheother,wereforcingawaytothecart. Itwasevidentthattheywerebentonfinishingtheirtaskbeforethesunshouldset. Nothingseemedtostoporeventohinderthem. 

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